Past Winners

Aberhart, Laurence

2008: MONTANA NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS
Illustrative Bill Hammond: Jingle Jangle Morning by Laurence Aberhart (Christchurch Art Gallery, 2007)

Adam, Pip

2011: NEW ZEALAND POST BOOK AWARDS
The NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction Everything We Hoped For by Pip Adam (Victoria University Press, 2010)

2018: OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS
The Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize The New Animals by Pip Adam (Victoria University Press, 2017)

Adams, John

2012: NEW ZEALAND POST BOOK AWARDS
The NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry Briefcase by John Adams (Auckland University Press, 2011)

Adams, Nancy M.

1995: NEW ZEALAND POST BOOK AWARDS
Book Production Seaweeds of New Zealand: An Illustrated Guide by Nancy M. Adams (Canterbury University Press, 1994)

Adcock, Fleur

1984: NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS
Poetry Selected Poems by Fleur Adcock (Oxford University Press, 1983)

Adsett, Sandy

1997: MONTANA NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS
Illustrative Arts Mataora: The Living Face: Contemporary Māori Art by Sandy Adsett (David Bateman, 1996)

Alpers, Anthony

1981: NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS
Non-Fiction The Life of Katherine Mansfield by Anthony Alpers (Viking, 1980)

Anderson, Barbara

1992: GOODMAN FIELDER WATTIE BOOK AWARDS
1st Portrait of the Artist’s Wife by Barbara Anderson (Victoria University Press, 1992)

Ansley, Bruce

2014: NEW ZEALAND POST BOOK AWARDS
Illustrated Non-Fiction Coast: A New Zealand Journey by Bruce Ansley (Godwit, 2013)

Arthur, Jane

2020: OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS
MitoQ Best First Book Award – Jessie Mackay Prize for Poetry Craven by Jane Arthur (Victoria University Press, 2019)

Ashton-Warner, Sylvia

1980: NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS
Non-Fiction I Passed This Way by Sylvia Ashton-Warner (Knopf, 1979)

Avia, Tusiata

2021: OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS
Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry The Savage Coloniser Book by Tusiata Avia (Victoria University Press, 2020)